scleroderm (skleroderm)

and a. [ rod erm a to us zoantharians, or corals in an ordinary sense; corallum; coral.-2. A member of the Sclerodermata, as a madrepore.-3. A plectognath fish of the group Scleroderm i, having the skin rough and hard, as the file-fish, etc. II. a. Of or pertaining to the Scleroderm i; sclerodermous. at the base, or in panicles with the lower part composed of one-flowered pistillate spikelets. It includes the wide spread type genus Scleria, with Kobresia and Eriospora, perennial herbs of the Old World, and two le -known genera..